Dementia in older people admitted to hospital: a regional multi-hospital observational study of prevalence, associations and case recognition
| Autor: | Vanessa Browne, Niamh A. O'Regan, Emma O'Shea, Noel Woods, Aoife Barrett, Suzanne Timmons, Edmund Manning, John G. Linehan, Katheleen O'Sullivan, Noeleen M. Brady, David William Molloy, Suzanne Cahill, Steven Trawley, Aoife Ni Chorcorain, David Meagher |
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| Přispěvatelé: | HRB |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Aging medicine.medical_specialty Activities of daily living Comorbidity Neuropsychological Tests older people Risk Factors Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly Surveys and Questionnaires Activities of Daily Living mental disorders Prevalence medicine Humans Dementia acute hospital awareness Functional ability Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged cognitive impairment Aged 80 and over business.industry screening Age Factors General Medicine medicine.disease Research Papers Hospitalization Emergency medicine Physical therapy Delirium Female Observational study Geriatrics and Gerontology medicine.symptom business Ireland dementia |
| Zdroj: | Age and Ageing BASE-Bielefeld Academic Search Engine |
| Popis: | peer-reviewed Background: previous studies have indicated a prevalence of dementia in older admissions of 42% in a single London teaching hospital, and 21% in four Queensland hospitals. However, there is a lack of published data from any European country on the prevalence of dementia across hospitals and between patient groups. Objective: to determine the prevalence and associations of dementia in older patients admitted to acute hospitals in Ireland. Methods: six hundred and six patients aged ≥70 years were recruited on admission to six hospitals in Cork County. Screening consisted of Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE); patients with scores |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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